The Magnificent Himalayas and Karakoram Ranges - Northern Pakistan

LMAO yes you have more photos in that crazy thread I made thats not even halfway complete!

kbboy said:

Alors..On y va.

lake Mahudand, swat

This huge amount of ice is known as "snow lake"

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i really liked this thread of yours, not a heavy thread many will pass, and splendid pictures

the second pic is ultra refreshing, damn, i would really, really want to camp there, wonderful

keep em comming

Beautiful pictures! Is it possible to have a safe travel over there?

ill-b said:

Beautiful pictures! Is it possible to have a safe travel over there?

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No.. they are cannibals ; they will eat you up. :lol:


Offcourse its safe. Well if you were referring to the people there, yes they are very nice and welcoming people.

If you mean the mountains, well that depends on your physical abilities and stamina as well as experience. In general, upto 4000m, if you in good health its ok... from 4000m to 5000m depends on the track you have chosen and above 5000m needs some mountaineering skills and familiarity with equipments. The snow lake, and areas beyond base camps also need some prior experience and a good local guide because of cravesses in the glaciers.


And for those fox news ridden skeptical minds, this is faaaaar away from afghanistan and tribal areas. Most of these areas are towards the border with china, but well inside pakistan.

My personal best is the Nanga Parbat.

Damn...its soo beautiful and that is the closes you get to a 8000m without actually intending to cilmb it and without any mountaineering skill or equipment needed.

Its a long tiring hike upto the place called ' fairy meadows (shown above)' but you are really glad you did. Next morning you can walk ( 5hrs one side) to the base camp and see some breath-taking views of this mountain, and you know why it is called the killer mountain. Its a sheer 5000m steep.

Mind you it can get really cold and you can even experience snowfall when the rest of the county( as close as 100 kms away) may have temperature of 47°C.

Beautiful, beautiful

wow, honestly i never thought pakistan could be so beatiful... amazing.
thx for this thread

pd: have you photoshopped any of the pics? some of them do look kind of artificial... if that's not the case, i'm left even more speechless

Central Asia is probably the most underrated part of globe when it comes to natural scenery - the views are simply breathtaking.

Are there any photos of the Hunza Valley and Mount Rakaposhi?

arlekin_m said:

wow, honestly i never thought pakistan could be so beatiful... amazing.
thx for this thread

pd: have you photoshopped any of the pics? some of them do look kind of artificial... if that's not the case, i'm left even more speechless

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No man, I have taken some of the pics personally, and some are from friends or from the net. No way, photoshop. It is amazing!!

Still in doubt? go to lonelyplanet website and check photos for yourself.

Stunning pictures really didnt expect that from Pakistan.

This area you have posted pictures from, what is the nearest big city?

The nearest big city is Muzaffarabad or Islamabad. There are towns with small airports though.

The closest cities are Gilgit,Chitral, and Skardu.

I just came back from a tour of the entire northern areas.

Here is my thread and yes I will soon upload pictures of Rakaposhi and Hunza.

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=407404

UnitedPakistan said:

The closest cities are Gilgit,Chitral, and Skardu.

I just came back from a tour of the entire northern areas.

Here is my thread and yes I will soon upload pictures of Rakaposhi and Hunza.

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=407404

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Nice work. kay:

UP...waiting for your Rakaposhi pics.